Jones Beene wrote:
... on the Iwamura effect **[if it could be trusted as accurate]**
With the caveat: **[if this paper could be trusted as accurate]** As everyone is aware, the Russians are very advanced in nuclear physics, but also, as a practical matter, the science establishment over there is in somewhat of economic shambles . . .
It is indeed a shambles. And these results are so strange that I expect most other cold fusion researchers have ignored them. I cannot judge whether these results are valid or not. I think we will only know that if and when they are replicated.
I do not think Jones was questioning the authors' honesty -- only the possibility that this is some sort of mistake, or the result of massive incompetence. But in case anyone wonders about this issue, I think everyone who knows Irina will agree that her personal integrity is beyond question.
- Jed
